I am incredibly grateful to God that each one of these has played a role in my life that they may never know. Each one journals the heart through their blog. Each woman seems to understand that their blog is the way of communicating thoughts and feelings you wouldn’t otherwise be able to share, and they impact people every day with their words.

This post was originally written in 2016. I’ve been learning and growing in intuitive eating since then, but I still have a long way to go. I’m thankful for those of you who have come along with me on this journey. Most of all I’m thankful that God is using it to teach me to trust Him more.

Trusting God is a part of eating intuitively. I know that is why I still balk at intuitive eating some days. I know that I don’t trust God enough; I trust in my own feelings or I don’t trust anything at all. Why would I not trust a loving Heavenly Father, who is slow to anger (Nehemiah 9:31), plenteous in mercy (Psalm 145:8), perfectly holy (1 John 1:5), perfectly just (2 Thessalonians 1:6) and the VERY essence of love for every bit of food, every breath of air I breath? He is so perfect, wise, heavenly, and wonderful. He can take care of my body SO much more perfectly than I could ever attempt to do, and He gave me the intuitive eating signals. Why is it wrong to listen?

Last night I came home from a rather … trying… experience. I was tired and a bit nervous, but I pulled my Bible out and opened to this Psalm.

Psalm 146:3-6, ‘

3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:’

Those verses are so comforting to me. And they also hit me where it hurts, because they show me that too often I’m putting my trust in things that can’t help me. But when I fix my eyes on God, the God of Jacob, I will be happy, content, peaceful, because God has all the power. He has all the knowledge. Even when I don’t know, God knows. That’s why I can trust Him, trust Jesus with EVERY single part of my being including my eating.

Answer: It’s not wrong to listen to my intuitive eating signals. Now that I’m weight restored I’m learning that trusting my intuitive eating signals is a way of seeing that God has restored my body to a healthier place.

I’m not the epitome of trusting God. Too often, I’m the little chattering girl in the corner, thinking or worrying about all the ways that ‘food’ could affect me negatively or how a lost workout could be. . . a big bummer. This is a journey; God is teaching me to trust Him with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding.

I’m thankful that those moments come much less often than they used to, but I can’t say that I am perfect at trusting God when it comes to life and specifically eating without fear or guilt.

I love gazing at the sky whether it’s night time or during the day. I love star gazing; it’s such fun, and so humbling and glorious at the same time. It’s humbling because it reminds me of what the Psalmist says in Psalm 19, ‘What is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that Thou visitest him?’ Seriously, what is man that the God of the Universe would even care about us? Yet the awesome, incredibly mind blowing fact is that God does care about this earth, mankind, souls, precious souls. He cared so much that He provided the way back to Him, the reconciliation between God and man; and His name is Jesus. There is just no greater story, no greater reality to me, and it really does humble me. It’s amazing how He continues to use it to keep me humbled and learning to trust more in Him.

Lessons… Corinth and Kat both inspired this post with their recent posts about ‘Learning More About Corinth‘ and ‘28 Life Lessons From Kat.‘ You know those blogger posts where you are just nodding your head and going, ‘Amen, preach it sister or brother…’ Those were what these posts did to me, and I thought I would share some life lessons that have been coming my way recently . . . God is a patient, gracious teacher, and His lovingkindness never ceases to amaze me. I’m really learning to enjoy the moments, the puppies, family, and the food.

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I am a very ordinary girl. I’m 24, but if you met me, you wouldn’t believe me. I am passionate about girls finding true beauty in Christ. I love peanut butter, icecream, and salad. My hobbies are cooking, baking, sharing laughs and tears with others, and sharing the fullness of joy that Christ has put in me. I love reading other blogs, and I hope that this will be a place where you can find encouragement, recipes, smiles, and joy. Click here to read more about me...